Years ago, my sister and I took pottery lessons. We listened as the teacher guided our feeble efforts to create something of beauty. When I say feeble, I mean disastrous.
No matter what we tried to create, the clay wouldn’t respond to our prodding. And to top off our inadequacies, my sister and I ... Read More »

I come from a long line of control freaks. My mother was a control freak with anger issues. My grandmother was a control freak with passive-aggressive tendencies. And my grandfather was nothing short of a force to be reckoned with!
They say the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, and that has ... Read More »

There’s a massive mountain standing in your way right now. Some bleak situation is creating doubt inside of you.
Is it the malignant cancer that doctors don't have answers for? A faltering marriage which looks more war-torn than anything else? At the present time, a wayward child is lost, and ... Read More »

Do you have a dream, something you want to happen?
If it doesn’t happen, you feel a twinge of pain and frustration because you want this dream to happen?
I know how you feel.
I had a dream, and it didn’t happen. It hurts and I get frustrated.
Satan likes to remind me about how God didn’t ... Read More »

It’s tempting to have that extra glass of wine. One more piece of chocolate cake. Sleep another hour, stay at the office late. There are different ways of coping, some adaptive, some maladaptive. We tend to find the things that will help us make it through. If I can just get through this day, this ... Read More »